UncategorizedPuck-droppin’ good tunesJohn Estacio — former composer-in-residence at the Calgary Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Opera, composer of...
OttawaUPDATED: There will now be elections. I think.Well. People familiar with the thinking of Stephen Harper convened reporters from all the big Ottawa bureaus this afternoon to the...
OttawaThe unofficial opposition, headquartered in Toronto and Quebec CityFrom the Inkless emailbox: a joint statement by the culture ministers of Ontario (Aileen Carroll, former federal minister under...
UncategorizedGergiev, Shostakovich, TskhinvaliTurns out the great Russian conductor Valery Gergiev is Ossetian and, having made his career in St. Petersburg, a friend of...
OttawaI, for one, welcome our new NDP leadersFrom the Inkless emailbox. I’ve received about a half-dozen of these releases in recent weeks. It is always the same: Jack Layton...
OttawaThis is not a drill. Unless it’s a drill. But it isn’t. Probably.So I had a chat today with somebody familiar with the thinking of the Prime Minister, and this person said this business of...
UncategorizedGeorgia/Russia: Hard to say goodbyeThe commander of Russia’s invasion force says he doesn’t expect to leave Georgia for 10 days, anyway. They were supposed to be...
OttawaSpeaking of celebrity candidatesIt’s international Justin-mania !!!!!! Nut graf: That paragraph sounds uncannily like a starter’s pistol. Over to you, dear...